WCC NEWS: Climate talks must not fail again says WCC

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CLIMATE TALKS MUST NOT FAIL AGAIN SAYS WCC

For immediate release: 10 December 2010

In a statement to the high-level segment plenary of the United Nations
Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, a delegation of the World
Council of Churches (WCC) has criticized the lack of action during the
last decade.

"Humankind is at present dancing on the edge of the abyss. We cannot 
afford
another failure from the governments as in Copenhagen," said the 
statement
that was read out by Bishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega, president of 
Caritas
Mexico.

The statement also affirmed the determination of faith based 
organizations
to "efforts to offer security, prosperity and dignity to the life of 
men,
women and children around the world, caring also for all the wonders 
of
God’s good Creation, sustaining the treasure of life. A life which 
needs
to be lived with dignity, justice, equity and peace, where the rights 
of
peoples to safe drinking water, sanitation, clean air and a climate 
apt to
support life may become a reality."

Read the full text of the statement:
* in English (Link: 
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=e6daff61a9aaee707065
)
* in Spanish (Link:
es/documentacion/documents/programas-del-cmi/justice-diakonia-and-responsibility-for-creation/climate-change-water/declaracion-a-la-conferencia-sobre-el-clima-en-cancun-cop16.html
)


The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, 
witness 
and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship 
of 
churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 
Protestant, 
Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 
million 
Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the 
Roman 
Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Olav Fykse 
Tveit, 
from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. Headquarters: Geneva, 
Switzerland.



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